[india-drug] Sources and prices for HIV-AIDS medicines and diagnostics

["Dr. Hogerzeil" <hogerzeilh@who.int>]

Sources and prices for HIV-AIDS medicines and diagnostics
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 Dear  India-Druggers,
 
 We would like to inform you that the UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO and Médecins 
Sans  Frontières (MSF) have started the process of updating the May
2004 
Report  of  "Sources and Prices of Selected Medicines and Diagnostics
for People  living  with HIV/AIDS". This document can be found on the
following web sites:
 
 UNICEF: <http://www.unicef.org>
 UNAIDS: <http://www.unaids.org> 
 MSF: <http://www.accessmed-msf.org>
 WHO EDM: <http://www.who.int/medicines>
 WHO HIV/AIDS: <http://www.who.int/HIV_AIDS>
 
 As you may know, the report provides market information on 74 
Reviewed  products for the treatment and management of HIV/AIDS from 61
 manufacturers. The present  edition is the result of a survey carried
out from December 2002  through  to February 2003, of 388 manufacturers
in 50 different countries.
 
 It gives purchasers of AIDS medicines and diagnostics a range of 
Choices  related to suppliers and prices. The medicines included were
selected on  the basis of WHO standard treatment guidelines. The list
is not 
Exhaustive  but covers the most commonly used and difficult to source
HIV/AIDS  medicines, with paediatric forms included wherever possible.
 
 We would like to receive from E-Druggers responses to the following
 questions:
 - what is to your opinion missing in the report and should be added?
 - what should be changed or revised in the contents?
 - which section(s) do you use most?
 - how did you obtain a hard copy of this document?
 - do you have any other comments?
 
 Please send your responses directly to everardm@who.int. or fax: # 41 
22791 4167
 
 
 On behalf of the collaborating organizations,
 
 Marthe M Everard, Technical Officer
 Policy, Access, and Rational Use (PAR)
 Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy (EDM)
 World Health Organization
 Avenue Appia 20
 CH-1211 Geneva 27
 Switzerland



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